Terrorists now disguise as Fulani herdsmen, says IYC

The umbrella body of Ijaw youths, the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, has said terrorists and not Fulani herdsmen are killing people in remote communities across the country.

In a statement yesterday in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, by its spokesman, Eric Omare, IYC condemned the “slaughtering” of innocent Nigerians in the Middle Belt, Southwest and, recently, in Enugu State, Southeast.

The organisation described the herdsmen’s actions as barbaric.

It noted that traditional Fulani herdsmen had conducted their business peacefully for decades without killing their neighbours.

IYC said the alleged sponsored attacks could be a plot by disgruntled persons to pit one ethnic group against the other to destabilise the country.

The statement said: “We believe that the attacks are carried out by terrorists, who disguise as Fulani herdsmen.

“The traditional Fulani herdsmen have been grazing their cattle for decades in different parts of the country without such attacks, until recently when the attacks became persistent.”

It said: “The IYC believes that the attacks by the Fulani herdsmen are deliberate terrorist and religious agenda to wipe out some communities in the Middle Belt and Southern part of the country.

“We call on communities in Niger Delta, especially the Ijaw communities, to be vigilant and watch out for these terrorists disguising as Fulani herdsmen.

“We call on community and youth leaders in different Niger Delta communities to set up structures to prevent such attacks and bring such activities to the knowledge of security agencies.

“The IYC clan and community structures all over Ijaw communities in Nigeria have been directed to set up a special task force to monitor and report activities of these murderers masquerading as Fulani herdsmen.”

2 thoughts on “Terrorists now disguise as Fulani herdsmen, says IYC”

This is the smartest move from IYC ever…the reality is that there is a supply chain that brings meat to the table in Southern Nigeria. It starts from the Far North, where cattle are trucked to the South. Once in the South, I mean everywhere including deep South like Port Harcourt, Aba, etc they are grazed locally until they are ready to be slaughtered in abattoirs to feed the local population. This is the supply chain since pre-independence Nigeria and it continues till today. So if this delicate balance is wrongfully attacked and broken based on all these campaign of calumny fueled by those bent on holding onto stolen commonwealth, it is the poor masses in the South that would suffer lack of protein sourced from meat – so IYC is smart to come out and align with the real threat to everyone – real terrorists (fueled by anarchists and saboteurs linked to thieves bent on holding onto stolen common wealth of the people). So I say good on IYC for this. May all terrorism be eliminated everywhere in the land with it’s evil mother of corruption

I was wondering how “ordinary” herdsmen (who have been around as friends in diverse communities for years) are now armed to the teeth. They now maim, rape and destroy (only in Christian areas). They even kidnapped a high-profile citizen (Chief Olu Falae) in his farm, in his community, in his state. I am left to wonder what sort of “domination” is this.
I now understand from this insightful revelation by IYC that it is a subtle “religious terrorism” and my reaction to it is that people should “defend” themselves first, then “call for help” from the authorities!